# 1999–2000 Greek Football Cup

The 1999–2000 Greek Football Cup was the 58th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

## Tournament details

Totally 56 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 20 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final. An additional round was held between first and second, with 4 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 16.
This year came back the Group stage, after its provisional three-year suppression. Until quarter-finals, all matches were single. The most interesting round was Second, after drawing of Olympiacos against PAOK and Aris against Panathinaikos, with the home teams to take the qualification with difficulty.
Final was contested by AEK Athens, who previously eliminated rivals Olympiacos and Ionikos, for their first and only time in history, having favourable draws in their course to the Final, but also after a very difficult qualification from the Group stage in the goals difference, after triple equivalence in standings with Leonidio and Panetolikos. However, the win with score 8–0 against Nafpaktiakos Asteras in quarter-finals was remarkable.
AEK Athens easily won the game 3-0 and earned their 12th cup in club's history. A remarkable moment of the final was at 32nd minute while score was at 0–0, after a cross from Petkov, Demis Nikolaidis scored with his hand. The referee Douros did not realize the violation of Nikolaidis and ran towards the center of the pitch, with Nikolaidis immediately showing him that he should not count the goal. The referee approached Nikolaidis, who explained to him exactly what happened. As a result, the referee eventually canceled the goal, gave handball and showed Nikolaidis a yellow card for his violation. Nikolaidis was later honored by the International Olympic Committee for his fair play towards the referee of the final.

## Calendar

| Round | Date(s) | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries |
| Group stage | 7, 21, 29 August & 13, 27 October 1999 | 135 | 56 → 20 | 54 |
| Additional Round | 10 November, 19 December 1999 | 4 | 20 → 16 | 2 |
| Round of 16 | 12, 13 January 2000 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none |
| Quarter-finals | 9, 10, 16, 17 February & 1, 2, 8, 9 March 2000 | 8 | 8 → 4 | none |
| Semi-finals | 5, 12, 19 April 2000 | 4 | 4 → 2 | none |
| Final | 10 May 2000 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none |

## Group stage

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win gained 3 points, each draw gained 1 point, and each loss did not gain any points.
* Marko and A.S. Neapoli qualified to the additional round without matches.

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAO | ION | LEO | PNT | KER | IAL |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 15 | Round of 16 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Ionikos | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | Additional Round | — | | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Leonidio | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | | — | 2–1 | | — | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Panetolikos | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 9 | | — | — | 1–0 | | 2–0 | — |
| 5 | Keratsini | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | | 0–3 | — | — | — | | 3–1 |
| 6 | Ialysos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 | | 0–5 | — | — | 0–2 | — | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAOK | AGE | OLV | VER | POS | PNC |
| 1 | PAOK | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 15 | Round of 16 | | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | — | 5–0 |
| 2 | Agersani | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | Round of 16 | — | | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Olympiacos Volos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | | 0–2 | — | | 2–1 | — | — |
| 4 | Veria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | | — | 1–0 | — | | 4–0 | — |
| 5 | Poseidon Michaniona | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | — | | — |
| 6 | Panachaiki | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | | — | — | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OFI | PRO | NIK | AOAN | DOX | ASA |
| 1 | OFI | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 13 | Round of 16 | | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | Proodeftiki | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Round of 16 | 0–0 | | — | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Niki Volos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 7 | | — | 1–1 | | 4–0 | — | — |
| 4 | Agios Nikolaos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 7 | | — | 1–1 | — | | — | 2–1 |
| 5 | Doxa Vyronas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | | 0–1 | — | 0–3 | 2–4 | | — |
| 6 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | | — | — | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARIS | PGSS | PNG | APK | KIL | THE |
| 1 | Aris | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 10 | Round of 16 | | — | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
| 2 | Panionios | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 10 | Additional Round | 1–0 | | — | 2–2 | — | 5–0 |
| 3 | Panegialios | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | | — | 3–4 | | 2–1 | — | — |
| 4 | Apollon Kalamarias | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | | — | — | — | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Kilkisiakos | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | | — | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | | — |
| 6 | Thesprotos | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 2 | | 0–5 | — | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | |

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ETA | PNI | ATR | KLT | CHL | ETP |
| 1 | Ethnikos Asteras | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 12 | Round of 16 | | 4–3 | — | — | 3–1 | 4–3 |
| 2 | Paniliakos | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 10 | Additional Round | — | | 1–0 | 5–0 | — | 6–0 |
| 3 | Atromitos | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 10 | | 2–0 | — | | 1–1 | — | — |
| 4 | Kallithea | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 5 | | 1–2 | — | — | | — | 7–2 |
| 5 | Chalkidona | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | — |
| 6 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 1 | | — | — | 0–1 | — | 4–4 | |

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KAV | IRA | AEL | PNS | ETK | KOZ |
| 1 | Kavala | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 13 | Additional Round | | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | — |
| 2 | Iraklis | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 11 | Round of 16 | — | | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 7–1 |
| 3 | AEL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | | 0–1 | — | | 0–0 | — | — |
| 4 | Panserraikos | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 | | — | — | — | | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Ethnikos Katerini | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | | 1–1 |
| 6 | Kozani | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 2 | | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | — | — | |

### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OLY | PAS | XAN | NAO | EDE | AKV |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 15 | Additional Round | | 2–1 | — | 5–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 2 | PAS Giannina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 12 | Additional Round | — | | 2–0 | 5–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Skoda Xanthi | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | | 1–5 | — | | 3–0 | 5–0 | — |
| 4 | Naoussa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 6 | | — | — | — | | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Edessaikos | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | — | | 2–1 |
| 6 | Apollon Krya Vrysi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | | — | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | — | |

### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AEK | TRI | EGA | ATH | AKR | KAR |
| 1 | AEK Athens | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 15 | Round of 16 | | — | 6–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | Trikala | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | Round of 16 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Egaleo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | | — | — | | — | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Athinaikos | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 5 | | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | | — | — |
| 5 | Akratitos | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 | | — | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | | — |
| 6 | A.O.Karditsa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | | 1–6 | — | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | |

### Group 9

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KLM | NFP | APA | PNE | LYK | PIE |
| 1 | Kalamata | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 12 | Round of 16 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | — | — | 1–0 |
| 2 | Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | Round of 16 | — | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — |
| 3 | Apollon Athens | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | | — | — | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Panelefsiniakos | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | | 0–1 | — | — | | — | 1–1 |
| 5 | ILTEX Lykoi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | | 0–2 | — | — | 0–2 | | — |
| 6 | Pierikos | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 | | — | 1–3 | — | — | 2–4 | |

## Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the first three rounds and the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the first three rounds and the final, which were played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
* There are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

## Additional round
### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 |
| A.S. Neapoli | 2–1 | PAS Giannina |
| Paniliakos | 0–1 | Olympiacos |
| Kavala | 1–2 | Panionios |
| Ionikos | 4–1 | Marko |

### Matches
## Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | |
| AEK Athens | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trikala | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trikala | 0 | Olympiacos | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | AEK Athens | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Olympiacos | 2 | AEK Athens | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| PAOK | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PAOK | 1 | | | | | AEK Athens | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Panionios | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Aris (p) | 1(4) | | | | | | | | | Panionios | 1 | 2 | 3 | | |
| Panathinaikos | 1(2) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Panathinaikos | 1(2) | Aris | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Panionios | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Ethnikos Asteras | 3(4) | Panionios | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Panionios (p) | 3(5) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Panionios (p) | 3(5) | | | | | | | | | | AEK Athens | 3 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Ionikos | 0 | |
| OFI | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ionikos | 0 |
| Agersani | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Agersani | 0 | OFI | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Kalamata | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Kalamata | 3 | Kalamata | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Proodeftiki | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Proodeftiki | 0 | | | | | Kalamata | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ionikos | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| Ionikos | 4 | | | | | | | | | Ionikos | 2 | 4 | 6 | | |
| Iraklis | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Iraklis | 2 | Ionikos | 8 | 1 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 1 | Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| A.S. Neapoli | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Round of 16
### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 |
| AEK Athens | 6–0 | Trikala |
| Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 1–0 | A.S. Neapoli |
| OFI | 3–0 | Agersani |
| Ethnikos Asteras | 3–3 (4–5 p) | Panionios |
| Kalamata | 3–0 | Proodeftiki |
| Ionikos | 4–2 | Iraklis |
| Olympiacos | 2–1 | PAOK |
| Aris | 1–1 (4–2 p) | Panathinaikos |

### Matches
## Quarter-finals
### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ionikos | 9–2 | Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 8–0 | 1–2 |
| Aris | 0–2 | Panionios | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Olympiacos | 1–4 | AEK Athens | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| OFI | 1–3 | Kalamata | 1–0 | 0–3 |

### Matches

Ionikos won 9–2 on aggregate.
Panionios won 2–0 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 4–1 on aggregate.
Kalamata won 3–1 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals
### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| AEK Athens | 5–3 | Panionios | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Kalamata | 2–6 | Ionikos | 0–2 | 2–4 |

### Matches

AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.
Ionikos won 6–2 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Demis Nikolaidis | AEK Athens | 11 |
| 2 | Darío Muchotrigo | Ionikos | 7 |
| 3 | Dragan Ćirić | AEK Athens | 6 |
| 3 | Kelvin Sebwe | Iraklis | 6 |
| 3 | Dimitrios Nalitzis | Panionios | 6 |
| 3 | Paulinho Kobayashi | Ionikos | 6 |
| 7 | Srđan Cerović | Kallithea | 5 |
| 7 | Apostolos Stylos | Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 5 |
| 7 | Nikolaos Frousos | PAOK | 5 |
| 7 | Craig Brewster | Ionikos | 5 |
| 7 | Alessandro Soares | Kalamata | 5 |